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WRG Bonfire Bashes

THE Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) held its Bonfire Bash on both the Chesterfield and Cromford canals at the start of November, with over 70 volunteers coming to the annual weekend events.

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Published: 09 November 2016

K&A closed with no explanation

THE Canal & River Trust have closed 16 miles of the Kennet & Avon Canal to navigation with no real explanation.

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Published: 07 November 2016

Seats for the Grantham

THE Grantham Canal Society has been awarded an opportunity by the Aviva Community Fund to undertake a new project along the canal, but to get the money, it needs as many people as possible to vote for the project.

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Published: 07 November 2016

Dublin's canals closed indefinitely

TWO of Ireland's most popular canals in Dublin—the Grand Canal and Royal Canal have been closed indefinitely.

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Published: 07 November 2016

Abbey Park canal-side development

PASSING through Abbey Park on the Grand Union Canal in Leicester is to become yet another cruise through a massive housing development.

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Published: 07 November 2016

Destroyed in minutes

I WAS returning to my boat moored on the Grand Union Canal near Leicester when I noticed a flickering light inside a GRP cruiser moored on a short arm, writes Alan Brightmore.

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Published: 04 November 2016

'Bargees' take on Cambridge City Council

THE National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) that represents those living on a boat without a permanent mooring, has taken umbrage at the way such boaters on the Cam in Cambridge are being treated, its spokesman writes.

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Published: 04 November 2016

What do they do?

I HAVE had passed on to me a list of Canal & River Trust's 'bigwigs' that attended the National Users' Forum meeting in Birmingham, writes James Henry.

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Published: 04 November 2016

Demand for re-conditioned boat engines

ACCORDING to River Canal Rescue, (RCR) there is as demand for re-built boat engines by boaters looking to replace aged engines of older boats.

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Published: 03 November 2016

Rubbish in Birmingham canals

THE Canal & River Trust tells us that there is too much rubbish dumped in or on the towpaths of the canals in Birmingham, that is costing £100,000 to clear.

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Published: 03 November 2016

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